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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Makina’s countrymen different here?
(a) More begging.
(b) More singing.
(c) Less whistling.
(d) Less restraint.

2. Why does Makina not react immediately when the boy harasses her?
(a) She is afraid of him.
(b) She does not want to make a scene.
(c) She is not used to being treated this way.
(d) She knows Mr. Aitch will be angry.

3. What does Makina say to herself when the ground lurches, at the beginning of the book?
(a) "I’m dead."
(b) "I’m not going to die here."
(c) "This isn’t happening."
(d) "Here it comes."

4. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?
(a) Forgive a debt.
(b) Forgive an enemy.
(c) Raise his voice.
(d) Forget an insult.

5. Why does Makina pack light?
(a) She is planning to start a new life on the other side.
(b) She is planning to come right back.
(c) She knows the top dogs’ men will take care of her.
(d) She knows people along the way.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Makina say the people look when they leave the supermarket and return to the street?

2. How did Chucho recognize Makina?

3. What does Makina think the folding chairs look like, at the stadium?

4. What food has Makina brought with her?

5. What has Makina packed in her rucksack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator say things went for the man who tried to teach Makina a lesson in public?

2. What slang does Makina use, and what is its effect?

3. What does Makina need to do to get access to Mr. Double-U and Mr. Aitch?

4. What is Makina’s river crossing like?

5. What danger does Makina face in making her trip?

6. How does the narrator describe the city Makina arrives in?

7. What does Makina think is killing her when the novel opens?

8. What is the obsidian mound that gives this chapter its name?

9. How does Makina handle the harassment she faces on the bus?

10. Who do Makina and Chucho encounter on their trip from the river in Chapter 3, and how do they escape from this person?

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